216 Hidden dangers

As he was unable to answer the questions in his mind, Jason averted his attention to more important things.

While collecting the elemental crystals while excavating some with his grade-1 pickaxe, Jason quickly noticed that the common pickaxe was quite useless. 

This forced him to envelop it with a thin mana membrane in order to prevent it from damage due to wear and tear.

Fortunately, his passive mana absorption balanced out his consumption and he could calmly mine the surrounding elemental crystals.

He lost track of time as his soul energy was once again replenished.

Practicing the Heaven's Hell technique made him smile joyously, as he noticed that his soul energy increased by almost three units within a single practice.

An increase of 1.2% for a single practice was not much for someone with barely 1 soul energy unit, but for Jason whose soul energy had increased to 240.7, 1.2% was a huge advantage.